The Clue
Cornered, as a raccoon (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TREED
Tags
Notes
The answer TREED is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
At bay
In a corner
Cornered
Stuck
Wooded
Brought to bay
In a difficult position
Put at bay
Stuck up?
In a tough position
In a tough spot
Trapped aloft
Unable to escape
Having nowhere to run
Out on a limb, literally
Unable to escape, in a way
Beset by baying dogs, maybe
Definition
TREE as a verb:
1. (corner, tree) = force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
2. plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"
3. chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
4. (tree, shoetree) = stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
TREED as an adjective:
1. (at bay, cornered, trapped, treed) = forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal"